CAIRO -- Egyptian officials announced they would initiate legal proceedings to retrieve five antiques from Egypt that were seized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This was part of a broad investigation into Jean-Luc Martinez, former President...

BERLIN -- A group representing major airlines in the aviation industry criticized Thursday's European Union Parliament for trying to extend its emissions trading system to all flights leaving the bloc. Wednesday's vote by EU lawmakers was that the...

VILLA COMALTITLAN (Mexico) -- On Thursday, a group of migrants who once numbered over 5,000 decided to split and walk through southern Mexico towards the U.S. border. About 2,000 mostly younger male migrants started walking from Huixtla on Thursday. However,...

ANKARA (Turkey) -- Turkish President Recep Takyip Erdogan said Thursday that he will run for reelection next Year. Erdogan, 68, made this announcement in a speech in Izmir (Aegean coast city), where he challenged Kemal Kilicdaroglu to reveal the candidate...

ISLAMABAD -- Tens of thousands of Islamists rallied in Karachi on Thursday, and briefly clashed with police. They demanded that Muslim countries cut diplomatic ties to New Delhi after remarks made by officials from India's ruling party. When protesters...

WARSAW (Poland) -- The Polish prime minister pledged Thursday that he would support increased production at the country's coal mines to lower heating and energy costs. This is in response to rising energy prices and war in Ukraine. The pledge made by...

VATICAN CITY -- On Thursday, the chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial said that he thanked Pope Francis for granting scholars access to World War II-era archives from the Holy See. Dani Dayan met Francis at the Vatican and said that the...

JOHANNESBURG -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was challenged in Parliament Thursday by opposition lawmakers who demanded he resign from office pending a criminal probe into allegations that he hid a theft from his rural farm. Members of the Economic...

BERLIN -- Germany's transport minister resented Thursday against plans to ban new cars with combustion engines in the European Union by 2035. He claimed that this would discriminate against synthetic fuel-powered vehicles. Wednesday's vote by EU...

JERUSALEM -- Former President Donald Trump cut off a communication line for Palestinians. This is being restored by the Biden administration. This move was made ahead of President Joe Biden's possible visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank. It means...

Sources told ABC News Wednesday that more than 80 people were killed in Sunday's attack at a church in southwestern Nigeria. According to a source familiar with the investigation, the bodies of 82 victims were found in a local morgue. A second source...

PARIS -- Representatives of Brazil's Indigenous community and environmental groups are protesting outside Paris' main courthouse on Thursday. They demand a speedy trial for a French supermarket chain that is accused of selling beef in connection...

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) -- Basil Rajapaksa is the younger brother to the president of Sri Lanka and was the country's former Finance Minister. He resigned on Thursday amid growing criticism for his alleged role as the island nation's worst economic...

BEIJING -- A flood that ravaged central China's Hunan province left at least 17 dead and four more missing. Also, a landslide caused some villages in southern Guangxi to be buried. State media reported. Since the beginning of the month, storms have battered...

ATALAIA DO NORTE (Brazil) -- Brazilian authorities started using helicopters to search remote areas of the Amazon rainforest in search of a British journalist, and an Indigenous official who had been missing for more than three days. Amazonas state civil...

TEL AVIV (Israel) -- On Thursday, Naftali Bennett, Israeli Prime Minister, made a surprise trip to the United Arab Emirates. The visit was made as Iran's nuclear program is under threat and efforts to salvage a deal are in deepening conflict with Tehran....

ATHENS (Greece) -- A central Greek court has overturned a ruling authorizing the confiscation crude oil from an Iranian flagged tanker in the middle of a volatile dispute about international sanctions. Officials from Iran and Greece confirmed that Thursday's...

LONDON -- As Russia's war in Ukraine increases gasoline prices, the average cost to fill up a family car is now over 100 pounds ($125). Experian Catalist's data showed Wednesday that the average cost of a liter at U.K. gas stations was 182.3 pence....

AMSTERDAM -- Thursday's announcement by the European Central Bank indicated that it will raise its interest rates in July and September. This is to catch up with other central banks around the world in shifting from supporting the economy during the...

ANKARA (Turkey) -- Turkish President Recep TAYYIP Erdogan warned Greece on Thursday to stop militarizating islands in the Aegean. He said he was not joking with such remarks. Turkey claims that Greece has been building an army presence on Aegean, in violation...

BRUSSELS -- Thursday's ruling by the European Union's highest court was that British citizens who have been living in 27 EU member states for a long time are not eligible to vote or run for office in the bloc unless the have obtained a European...

LONDON -- Due to the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine, Mariupol is at risk of developing cholera. Health agencies and city officials warn. "The risk of cholera in Mariupol is very high," Petro Andriushchenko told ABC News. He was an advisor to Mariupol's...

MADRID -- Nearly 1,000 military personnel, firefighters and support staff were deployed Thursday by emergency agencies to combat a wildfire in southern Spain. The fire has caused the evacuation of approximately 2,000 people. There are fears that the fire...

BERLIN -- Police are trying to understand the "confused" statements of a Berlin man who, in what appears to be a deliberate rampage in Berlin, drove into a school group. One woman was killed in Wednesday's attack on a central London shopping street....